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Theater
The story of Huddie William Ledbetter, better known as
Lead Belly, is a classic American parable: A musician from a very early
age, Ledbetter was unknown outside West Texas until 1933, when the gr
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Over 3,000 hungry Portlanders flocked to OMSI's north parking lot Saturday to sample the wares of 51 Portland food carts—some ten percent of all the carts in the city—at WW's fifth Eat Mobile festival. Of course, Eat Mobile isn't just about eating—it's also about awarding awesome handmade trophies to the best carts. Here'...
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Food Cart Reviews
It took three attempts finally to sample the wares of this
anonymous white truck parked across the street from the entrance to the
Montgomery Park complex. Twice we trekked the mile from our offic
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This week's OLCC applications

A brief week in alcohol permitting news:Thatch Tiki Bar has been sold to Thatch bartender and renowned tiki enthusiast Blair Reynolds. The rebirth of Mio Gelato as a pizza chain continues. The first Morso, on NW 11th Avenue, has applied for its license.More

We put seven Bridgetown Comedy Festival performers to the test.

Comedy and Variety
This weekend, the Bridgetown Comedy
Festival will bring more than 200 comedians to nine venues along
Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard. That’s a lot of funny people. But how
well do these so-calle
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Yeah, this week's rundown of OLCC applications is late. I was busy finishing up Drink, WW's guide to Portland's best 105 bars, which comes out Wednesday. Why 105? Because I can't count, that's why. Lots of news this week:Kurt Huffman and Christopher Israel have applied for the license for More

The banks want to keep you hungry and poor. Don’t let them.

News Stories
If you want to get rich in America, all you have to do,
they say, is tighten your belt, put your nose to the grindstone and pull
yourself up by your bootstraps. That sounds great—in a folksy,
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News Stories
We Portlanders love doin’ stuff ourselves. Unlike the
pioneers who preceded us in this land of clouds and kale, we can buy
whatever goods we want with the click of a mouse. Yet we nonetheless
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